The Catastrophist by Ronan Bennett

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A devastating story of love and desire and one man's search for his soul. Gillespie, an Irishman, goes to the Congo in 1959 in pursuit of his beautiful lover Ineacute;s, a passiona te Italian journalist. Unlike her, Gillespie has no interest in the deepening independence crisis, nor in the charismatic leader, Patrice Lumumba. He has other business: this is his last chance to make love work for him. This 1999 Headline (UK) Paperback is in good condition. ISBN: 9780747260332 SKU: 1302239 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book. Show more